Medieval public justice /Massimo Vallerani ; translated by Sarah Rubin Blanshei.
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (xix, 380 pages)
- Studies in medieval and early modern canon law ; v. 9 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Procedure and justice in the Italian cities of the late middle ages (twelfth-fourteenth centuries) -- How procedures think : facts and the trial -- The accusatory system in action : Bologna between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- Peace accord and trial in the judicial system : the example of Perugia -- How the inquisition is constructed: arbitrium and power in Perugia -- The inquisitorial trial in the political struggles in Bologna between the Duecento and Trecento -- The petition to the Signore and the power of mercy.